EP2175411A3 - Système et procédé pour déterminer une structure de facturation pour les documents selon les évaluations de couleur dans un chemin d'image - Google Patents

Système et procédé pour déterminer une structure de facturation pour les documents selon les évaluations de couleur dans un chemin d'image Download PDF

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EP2175411A3
EP2175411A3 EP09156779A EP09156779A EP2175411A3 EP 2175411 A3 EP2175411 A3 EP 2175411A3 EP 09156779 A EP09156779 A EP 09156779A EP 09156779 A EP09156779 A EP 09156779A EP 2175411 A3 EP2175411 A3 EP 2175411A3
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Ramesh Nagarajan
Xing Li
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EP09156779A 2008-10-07 2009-03-31 Système et procédé pour déterminer une structure de facturation pour les documents selon les évaluations de couleur dans un chemin d'image Ceased EP2175411A3 (fr)

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US12/246,956 US8751411B2 (en) 2008-10-07 2008-10-07 System and method for determining a billing structure for documents based on color estimations in an image path

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